UPND REJECTS UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, CALLS IT MISGUIDED BLACKMAIL
The United Party for National Development-UPND has strongly rejected a recent United Nations human rights report, calling it “lopsided, misdirected at law, and lacking seriousness from the people that prepared it
UPND Media Director Mark Simuuwe has called the report biased, misleading and misrepresentation of Zambia’s legal processes and undermines the country’s sovereignty.
Mr. Simuuwe has pointed tonthe fact that the report unfairly criticizes Zambia’s Cyber Security Act, which criminalizes hate speech, cyberbullying, and blackmail laws similar to those in Western countries.
He has challenged the UN to present evidence of Zambians imprisoned without breaking the law, saying no such cases exist.
And the UPND has questioned the objectivity of the report’s authors, accusing them of pushing foreign values including support for same-sex rights that Zambia has constitutionally rejected.
He says institutions such as the EU, IMF, and World Bank have supported Zambia for improved governance and human rights, which the UN report contradicts on-the-ground realities.
Mr. Muuwe says the UPND loves its country and will defend its laws and values and that Zambia cannot be blackmailed into lawlessness.
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The UN Report cannot be rejected. The one’s who prepared had done it with objectivity, sincerity and honest. They have nothing to hide. They based upon the factual information. My humble advice to the Government is to accept their mistakes and make amendments. Denying the truth is a sign of bad leadership.